Chapter 55

Compared with Ding Xun's wealth and magnificence, Yin Jun's situation is indeed extremely miserable. One is the beloved son of the first-class Duke, who was born to be a master, and the other is a child from a poor family in the countryside. He got the position of a scribe in the Yamen, with a meager salary and a bleak future.Comparing the two, I am afraid that everyone has some calculations in their hearts.

Especially when Ruan Qingqing saw a lot of wealth and wealth in the brothel, over time, she couldn't help but feel that she was worthy of that kind of life, but her heart was beating again, knowing that those young men and buddies were just rhetoric, and the pictures were fresh for a while. How can it compare to childhood sweetheart Yin Jun who knows everything.

While hesitating, Yin Jun spent a lot of money to redeem her body, but she was unwilling to let go of the seemingly easy-to-reach wealth, especially when she found out that she was pregnant.

If this Ding Xun is willing to recognize this child, will she be able to enter the Duke's Mansion as a concubine in a legitimate way, and then the mother will be expensive and prosperous for a lifetime?Such an ending is obviously much better than enduring poverty with the poor and white Yin Jun.

"It seems that we still have to go to the Qiyu Pavilion tomorrow." Yan Ziqin folded his hands and thought.

Luo Qiyu is such a transparent person, how could she not know what he meant, pursed her lips, and said softly: "After all, it is a place I am familiar with, so let me take Lord Yan there."

Yan Ziqin glanced at her in surprise and nodded. He didn't expect her to agree so readily.

"I happen to have some things left there, so I can bring them back by the way, go back and get ready, forgive me for leaving the table early." Luo Qiyu said, stood up and blessed her body, and walked back with small steps.

Watching her disappearing outside the flower hall, Mingshu held up her wine glass and said, "Look, how righteous you are!"

Consciously or unintentionally, she looked at Du He's expression, but saw that his eyebrows were also slightly furrowed, as if she couldn't bear it.

"Since you can't bear it, let's catch up and have a look." She said.

Du He picked up a piece of Bai Shengsheng's tender tofu and threw it into Mingshu's sauce dish, saying, "Eat quickly, don't meddle in other people's business."

Mingshu shrugged, looked at Yan Ziqin helplessly, and thought, these two people are torturing each other, he retreats one foot, she advances one inch, push back and forth, why bother?

Back in the room, Yan Ziqin sat under the lamp and looked through the writing papers he got from Yin Jun's house during the day, put them together with Yin Jun's handwritten letters provided by the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, and read them page by page.

The handbook records his income and expenditure. It turns out that he has saved money for nearly three years in order to redeem Ruan Qingqing. From the accounts, it can be vaguely seen that he has also accepted various bribes and even let usury. The amount was not much, but the accumulated amount was much higher than the monthly salary. No wonder they didn't give their parents money to support them after entering the government office. It turned out that all the income was saved except for the extremely frugal food and expenses.

"This Yin Jun really does everything for Ruan Qingqing." Yan Ziqin put down the paper and leaned against the soft hidden pouch.

Mingshu was beating her back with a small wooden hammer. After running around all day, she should be active. Seeing Yan Ziqin lying down, she also reached out to help him knock a few times.

"Is it comfortable?" He asked with a smile while helping him loosen his shoulder and neck muscles.

"Well, it's very comfortable. It would be more comfortable if I could..." He said softly.

"What did you say?" Mingshu thought she didn't hear clearly, she leaned over to ask him to repeat it, but unexpectedly, he grabbed her neck and kissed him on the cheek.

Mingshu touched her burning cheeks and murmured, "Is this what you are doing?"

Yan Ziqin pinched the tip of her nose and said with a smile, "Otherwise, what are you expecting?"

"Not at all." Ming Shu sat up straight and continued to beat herself on the back with a small wooden hammer.

Yan Ziqin came to tug on her sleeve again, and said intentionally, "Could it be... do you want me to kiss some other place, such as here?" On the lips, Ming Shu beat it back with a small wooden hammer.

"Ouch!" Yan Ziqin covered his forehead and rolled into a ball, as if in pain.

Mingshu thought she was using too much force, so she hurriedly pulled his shoulders and said, "Where did you hit, is it in the way?"

Yan Ziqin just held his forehead and complained of pain, and didn't reply. Mingshu knocked off the paper on the bed in a panic, and scattered it all over the floor. Yan Ziqin had already used the momentum to throw her down.

"It's okay!" He rested his chin and looked at the shocked Mingshu. She didn't expect that she would be teased by Yan Ziqin again.

Seeing that she was about to get angry, Yan Ziqin held her hand and said, "It's been cold outside for a day, have you warmed up yet?" As he spoke, he rubbed the little whirlpool of flesh on her hand.

Ming Shu pushed him away, sat up awkwardly, tidied up the messy collar, and said, "You're so weird today, sometimes you're lying, sometimes you're stupid, what's wrong with you?"

Yan Ziqin sat cross-legged on the bed, looked at Mingshu's back, and said, "I just feel that many things in this world are fleeting, and good things take time. I want to see you more."

Ming Shu was sitting by the bed and combing her hair with horns. She turned her head slightly and looked at Yan Ziqin in surprise. His eyes were fixed on her, but he was absent-minded, as if he was looking far away again.

"Are you worried about Yin Jun?" Ming Shu asked.

"It's not just him, but also Du He, Lady Luo, Lady Yuan, and Zhang Lin." There was a glint in his eyes, and he lay on his side beside her, running his fingers through her long hair, curling a strand around his fingertips , "It is said that the fate in the world is determined by heaven, but in fact it is very erratic. Although we are husband and wife, if my father-in-law didn't like me at the beginning, or if you disagree, then we are strangers?"

Mingshu wondered, why did this person suddenly remember the old things, and also lay beside him, shaking his head to look at him, "I treat you so well, how could I disagree?"

Yan Ziqin said: "It's not that I can't get close to me for a year!"

After finishing speaking, she turned her back and glanced at Mingshu. She really panicked, unexpectedly, Yan Ziqin still held grudges, poked his back and whispered: "It's not that you are so easy to deceive, childish and so alluring , It’s not worth it if you don’t cheat! Now you can’t cheat even if you want to.”

"It's easy to deceive now." He said sullenly, and suddenly turned over to hold her down, "It's so easy to be deceived by you for a lifetime."

"Hey, this should be my line!" Mingshu protested.

The protest was ineffective, and Yan Ziqin regained his victory.

That night, in the mansion of the Duke of Jin in the west of the city, the shadows of candles flickered red, and several courtesans sang and danced.

A man bowed and walked quickly into the room. Under Ding Xun's gaze, he came to Ding Wei's side, whispered a few words, and took out a note from his sleeve.

After Ding Wei read it, an imperceptible smile appeared on his old face.

"They are going to Qiyu Pavilion, let them go." He said.

"Yes." The messenger said humanely.

"Is Mr. Feng, Jing Zhaoyin, cured of his illness?" Ding Wei sarcastically said, everyone knew that Mr. Feng was pretending to be sick.

"Thanks to the Duke of the country, he will be healed soon." The face of the messenger was revealed in the candlelight, but it was Tang Shuli.

The next day, Mingshu and Luo Qiyu sat in the carriage, Yan Ziqin and Du He rode behind them, and they came to the Qiyu Pavilion that had been covered in dust for many days.

Because the Qiyu Pavilion was suddenly banned, people in the market were afraid to approach the surrounding area because of a circle of hard-wearing forbidden troops, and even the surrounding business was much deserted. Those who originally sold folding fans, calligraphy and paintings, silk flowers, and embroidery threads All the street vendors have gone to other places to chase the crowds.

There are still many geisha lingering in Qiyu Pavilion, most of them have nowhere to go, either they are too old or too young, or it is the lost madam, who was doing a lucrative business in a place of feng shui, but was suddenly Unexpected misfortune has come, and I am still panicking until now, fearing that the government will investigate Ruan Qingqing's case and eventually involve me.

Afraid of what to do, today I met Yan Ziqin who was ordered to investigate the case, the madam was about to pass out, and looking at the person who led him - the former top cash cow Luo Qiyu, the madam was about to die of anger, there was someone of her own It is basically impossible to show Yan Ziqin the way, and then try to fool around.

Yan Ziqin and the others didn't talk nonsense with the people in Qiyu Pavilion, they went straight to Ruan Qingqing's room when she was alive. After her death, a new singing girl came here, and that person was a girl of fourteen or five. , round face, round eyes, but the name is Yuanyuan, and she is learning the pipa from the teacher, so there are many old or new pipa strings on the table, and there is one hanging on the wall.

"Did this room belong to Ruan Qingqing?" Yan Ziqin asked after looking around.

Yuanyuan nodded, and seemed to have a smile on her face at all times, "Exactly, after Sister Ruan left, I lived here."

Du He joked next to her: "Aren't you afraid of living where the dead used to live?" As he was speaking, Luo Qiyu gave her a jealous look.

Yuanyuan shook her head and said, "Don't be afraid, there are thousands of generations of people in this world, and there is nothing to be afraid of if no one has died."

Luo Qiyu glanced at Du He, and said with a smile: "How about it, don't be ashamed, a little girl is more knowledgeable than you."

Du He scratched his head and said, "Let's get down to business! What about Ruan Qingqing's original things, shouldn't they be thrown away?"

Yuanyuan thought for a while, then pointed to the pipa on the wall and said, "That's the only thing left. The bustard thinks it's unlucky, so I burned them all, but the pipa is extremely precious, she couldn't bear it, so she kept it."

Du He took down the pipa and handed it to Yan Ziqin. Yan Ziqin looked at it repeatedly and found a few lines engraved on the wooden body behind it-"Jiangnan Jiayin, singing a thousand pieces of gold, Ding Mou gave Qingqing daughter Shi Huicun."

Ding?Could it be Ding Xun?

So she asked Yuanyuan: "When did Ruan Qingqing and Ding Huo meet? And when did they meet Yin Jun."

Yuanyuan recalled it for a while, and said: "Ding Siya began to see Sister Ruan often in March. As for Guanren Yin, he has been coming for the past few years, but the madam doesn't like him very much, and Sister Ruan has some complaints about him in private. Lord Yan knows, Guanren Yin He doesn't have much money, and Ding Si Ya Nei even taunted him face to face."

The two of them had a festive relationship long ago, and looking at the pipa, there was a line of small characters engraved by Ruan Qingqing - Qin and Se are in the imperial court, please be quiet.The friendship for Ding Hao is obvious.

It turns out that the matter is so realistic and simple, Yin Jun is obsessed with Ruan Qingqing, a childhood sweetheart who has fallen into the dust by mistake, but Ruan Qingqing has long been secretly committed to the prince, but she is reluctant to leave Yin Jun who is infatuated.In the end, he wanted to use the child in his womb to enter the palace, but he was kidnapped by Ding Xun who only wanted to have fun for a while. After learning that he was on two boats, Yin Jun was so out of breath that he personally brought the abortion medicine, and then sent Ruan Qingqing to the palace. Secretly sent home, intending to forever cover up his affair with a singing girl and corrupting official morals, Yin Jun then returned to his hometown, and in a fit of anger, he forced Ruan Qingqing, who was hopeless and hopeless, to death in the Niangniang Temple. He regretted committing suicide for a few days .

Who does Ruan Qingqing's child belong to?The night before she hanged herself, Yin Jun repeatedly asked her to swear that the child in her womb belonged to him. I'm afraid she was lying on both sides, telling Yin Jun that it belonged to Yin Jun, and telling Ding Hao that it was Ding Hao. It doesn't matter whose, they were all punished for their mistakes.Ruan Qingqing's greed, Yin Jun's tyranny, but there is still one person who is at large, and that is Ding Xun who plays everything behind the scenes.

"I thought it was Yin Jun and Ruan Qingqing who were in love with each other, but Ding Hao made a hindrance and broke up the couples. This delayed the lives of the two people. Who knows, each of them is not innocent, and they have their own little calculations." Sitting at the table, Ming Shu said helplessly.

"Perhaps this is what people can do. In the face of wealth and honor, you and I are not complacent, how can we ask Ruan Qingqing?" Yan Ziqin said.

"It's a pity that no one can punish Ding Huo. Although he is not guilty of death, he should be punished for ten years without promotion." Ming Shu said helplessly, "Even when we are investigating the case now, we are going away It’s a cutscene, what you can say or what you can’t say depends on the face of the Ding family.”

Du He smiled and said, "Didn't En Gong say that if you want to fight the Ding family, you can only invite the Queen Mother!"

What are you talking about, what are you coming for, Qu Chang, a servant of the Qu family, suddenly ran in, out of breath, and said, "Lady, young master, too...too..."

"Too much?" Ming Shu worried for him.

At this moment, a group of well-dressed men came in, no matter young or old, they had no beards, and the leader spoke in a high-pitched voice, "Yan Ziqin accepts the order!"

These are all the eunuchs in the palace, especially the leader Zhou Huai, Eunuch Zhou, who is the chief eunuch of the Empress Dowager's Hall of Compassion and Peace. Although Yan Ziqin and Mingshu don't know him among the celebrities in the palace, they can only rely on his arrogant face From his expression, one can guess that this person's status is not low.

Everyone knelt down to receive the decree, Zhou Huai said: "Following the decree of the Empress Dowager, please go to the Hall of Compassion and Ning to see you as soon as possible."

Yan Ziqin took the yellow silk with both hands, and left with Zhou Huai, but Zhou Huai said: "Wait a minute, the officials heard that Mrs. Yan is proficient in knitting, and they are very curious. Please follow Mrs. Yan."

Mingshu was a little surprised, Lianqun also got into the carriage in the palace, and before leaving, she told Du He and Luo Qiyu to go home earlier and not to stay in such a place of right and wrong as Qiyu Pavilion.

(End of this chapter)

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